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Page 268
... play , known in English as Camille , first performed in 1852 . ( Giuseppe Verdi based his opera La Traviata , first performed in 1853 , on this play . ) Al- though his father had written colourful histor- ical plays and novels , Dumas ...
... play , known in English as Camille , first performed in 1852 . ( Giuseppe Verdi based his opera La Traviata , first performed in 1853 , on this play . ) Al- though his father had written colourful histor- ical plays and novels , Dumas ...
Page 282
... play the same cards throughout the course of a night , the object of play is not to amass the largest number of points , as in Rubber Bridge , but rather to bid and play the hands better than all the other pairs who play them ; thus ...
... play the same cards throughout the course of a night , the object of play is not to amass the largest number of points , as in Rubber Bridge , but rather to bid and play the hands better than all the other pairs who play them ; thus ...
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... play of episodes rather than of intri- cate intrigue , but alive with irony and easy wit . Lastly , there are the Fletcherian plays in which others besides Beaumont had a hand . Wit at Several Weapons is a comedy that might have been ...
... play of episodes rather than of intri- cate intrigue , but alive with irony and easy wit . Lastly , there are the Fletcherian plays in which others besides Beaumont had a hand . Wit at Several Weapons is a comedy that might have been ...
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